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### Question: Who is at highest risk for Yersinia pestis infection ?
### Response: Human plague occurs in areas where the bacteria are present in wild rodent populations. The risks are generally highest in rural and semi-rural areas, including homes that provide food and shelter for various ground squirrels, chipmunks and wood rats, or other areas where you may encounter rodents.
People can get the plague when they are bitten by a flea that carries the plague bacteria from an infected rodent. People with highest risk of infection include:
People who handle infected animals People are usually more at risk during, or shortly after, a plague epizootic People that visit places where rodents have recently died from plague, because of the risk of being bitten by an infected flea People who have cats that have the plague